Drilling device



March 4, 1952 A SULGER 2,587,923

DRILLING DEVICE Fild D60. 9, 1946 2 SHEETS-SHEET l March 4, 1952 A. SULGER 2,587,923

DRILLING DEVICE nlm Dec. 9. 1946 a Simms-'SHEET 2 @fc5/@f 4% fm Patented Mar. 4, 19452 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE DRILLING DEVICE Adolf Sulger, Kilchberg, Switzerland Application December 9, 1946, Serial No. 714,975 In Switzerland December 15, 1945 3 Claims. l

The present invention relates to a drilling appliance utilized for producing radial bores in stock, preferably round stock, of the type in which. the stock is fixed in centered position between a vertically adjustable supporting table and a head receiving an exchangeable drill bush.

The invention more specifically relates to such a drilling appliance in which the vertically adjustable tabl-e is confined for movement in alignment with the axis of the drill bush and is further provided with parallel bars slidably mounted therein for movement transverse to the axis of the drill bush.

While drilling appliances or jigs are well known in the art, it has long been a problem in such an appliance in which the work cannot only be centered in direct relation between the drill bush and vertically adjustable table but adequate provision has heretofore not been made for, accommodating work pieces of various diameter and also providing in such an assembly means for fixing the work piece in relation to its position on the table when a transverse bore has been drilled therethrough so that upon subsequent displacement of the work piece transverse to the axis of the drill bush the Work piece can be maintained in this xed relationship, whereupon a series of longitudinally aligned radial bores can be provided in the work piece.

It is consequently an object of the present invention to provide in a drilling appliance of the type described including the vertically adjustable table a clamping means carried by the parallel bars and thereby displaceable transversely of the axis of the drill bush and which clamping means are adjustable to accommodate work'pieces of different diameter and operative to x the position of the work piece relative to the adjustable table so that a plurality of longitudinally aligned radial bores can be drilled through the work piece.

It is a specic object to provide in a drilling jig of the character described a pair of parallel bars carried by the vertically movable table and connected for simultaneous mov-ement transverse to and along opposite sides of the drilling axis, a pair of horizontally vertically spaced cross pieces forming therebetween clamp means for a horizontallydispos-ed work piece and connected together to constitute a clamp frame connected to the bars and in which the connecting means of the frame constitute a pair of verticallydisposed supports connected to one of the cross pieces and axially displaceable relative to the other, and in which the frame further includes retaining means associated with said other cross piecel to retain the displaced supports in different adjusted positions. Y f

It is still a more specific object to provide in a drilling jig of the character described, resilient. retaining means mounted in bores at *opposite ends of the cross piece connected to the bars and normally operative to fix the supports in an adjusted position but releasable to permit movement of the vertical supports to different positions.

It is a still more specific object to provide a work piece bearing member immovably associated with the bars, and to which the cross piece embodying the retaining means is connectable Figure 2 is a top plan View of the arrangementof Figure l,

Figure 3 is a partial sectional view taken along line 3-3 of Figure l,

Figure 4 is a partial front elevation. of the drilling Aappliance illustrating the drill bush and clamp frame partly in section,

Figure 5 is an elevational View taken in the direction of the arrow of Figure 4,

Figure 6 is a view on an enlarged scale partly in section of the portion of the structure illustrated in Figure 5, and

Figure 7 is a sectional view taken along line l-l of Figure 6.

In the example illustrated l is a standard having a foot 2 and made, for instance, of cast iron.

The stndard I terminates at the top in a horizontally projecting limb or bracket la, in which a boring bush or drill guide 3 is mounted so as to be capable of being exchanged and of being xed in position by means of a screw 4. Coaxial with the boring bush 3 is a spindle 5 which runs in a threaded nut 6 and supports at its upper end a prismatic bearing l, thevcentre plane of which coincides with the longitudinal axis of the boring bush 3. At the upper end of the threaded nut 6 is lixed for actuating it a nurled handwheel or operating member 8. The threaded nut Ii is supported in the standard I so as to be capable of rotating therein and is secured against axial displacement by a flange 6a, of which one side bears against the standard I and the other side against a bottom plate 9 screwed to the latter. In the middle of the bottom plate 9 is fixed a sleeve ID which protects the thread'of the spindle 5 from damage ldue tothe entry of drilling particles thereinto. A pin II is iixed in the prismatic bearing 'i and its free end engages in a vertical groove Ib Yof the standard, thereby securing the spindle 5 and the prismatic bearing -1 against turning about the spindle axis.

In the prismatic bearing I constituting a vertically adjustable table, two horizontally dis posed bars I2 and I3 are supported-so as to be axially displaceable therein. The two bars eX- tend parallel to the centre plane of the prismatic bearing and are rig-idly connected to one. another at one end by a transverse bearingmember III. This transverse memberjhas the vsame prole as the prismatic bearing v'On its front side the front bar I2 is'provided with -a Vgraduated scale IZa. On the front side of `the prismatic bearing there is a window I5, through Vwhich the scale I2a can be observed. At the lower edge of the window is a reading oif mark I6 with a Vernier. By means of a clampingscrew II the bar I2 can be clamped in any f desired position.

A slide I8 is slidably mounted onthe twobars I2, vI3 and adapted to be clamped in any position by means of a clamping screw I9. VIn this slide is ysupported a Vdetent pin 2| which is vcap- Y able of vertical displacement `and of being nxed in any `positionby a screw 2li and which is provided at its upper end with a horizontal arm 22.

' On lthe upper side of the bar I2 is a vgraduated placed in the prismatic bearing I and is pushed to the right (in Figs. 1 and 2), until the righthand end face of the pin bears against the arm 22 Aoi the detent pin 2|. In this `position the right-hand end face of the pin 2.4 is exactly at a distance of 8.5 cm. from thecentre'axis of the boring bush 3. Thereupon, the spindle 5 together with the prismatic bearing I is Yraised by turning thehand-wheel' in one direction, until the pin 124 is`under pressure between the boring bush 3 and the prismatic bearing l. The hole to bemade can tnen be drilled so as to be accurately radial.

As indicated `in Figure 1, the clamping frame described in Vdetail hereinafter is connected Vto the transverse bearingmember I4 and supports the Vwork piece at a point transversely displaced with respect to the drilling axis and due to its adj-ustability can accommodate and fully support work pieces of different diameters As illustrated morein detail inFigures 4 to 7,

ting pegs 34 the transverse bar 32 is held accurately parallel to the transverse member I4. The parts constitute two vertical supports which are held together at the top by another cross piece 36 and are axially displaceable in two bores of the transverse bar 32. Both supports 35 have a series of spaced recesses 31 cut in them by turning, which constitute axially spaced reduced portions and functions as rests. In each end of the transverse bar 32 and there provided an inwardly extending bore within each of which is disposed a plunger or sliding member 38 which is provided with a bore 39 corresponding to the Vdiameter of the supports 35. At one side the bore is continued as a slot 40, the width of which corresponds to the diameter of the supports at the 4recesses 31. The bore 39 and the slot 'lI together form a stepped elongated hole or keyhole shaped aperture. At the place, Where the support 35 passes through the sliding member 35 the latter has a thickness corresponding to the width 'of the recesses 3l. A compression spring- 5I urges each sliding member 38 to the position shown in Figs. 6 and 7, .in which 'one of the recesses 31 rests in the slot d0. In this position the Vsupports 35 are vsecured by the .sliding members 38 against axial displacement. On the sliding members being forced inwards, that is, towards one another, the larger bores Sllwill come into a position, :in which they are Vcoaxial with the enlarged portions of the :supports 35, thus enabling the latter to be displaced axially.

It is therefore cl-ear that ythe plungers .'38 in conjunction with the springs 2H :consttuteresiliently operable retaining Vmeans .functioning to retain'thevertically disposed supports 35 in Tadjusted position and thereby'providin'g for fanradjustable clamping frame.

When a cylindricallbody 42, Figs. 4 and l5 is .to be provided witha Arow of radial bores lying .in the same plane, the work is clamped vin the Iclamping device 32 to VIII, as shown in these Afigures. The cross piece 36 receives a screw43constituting a vertically Yadjustable clamping element engageable with the Work piece so that the work 42 can be pressed against the transverse bearing member Ill and thus held rmly by friction or secured against turning about the axis of rotation. After the rst bore hole has been completed and after easing the handwheel '8, the work together with the clamping device andthe bars I2, I3 is displaced by the distance between the holes, whereupon a further hole can be bored, which lies in the same longitudinal plane 'of the work as that previously drilled and so on.

Accordingly it will be seen that the two lateral supports 35, together with the cross pieces 3 2'and 36 form a frame, of which the yoke 36 and transverse vstructures 32-I4 form opposing clamp jaws for the workpiece.

According to the diameter of the'hole 'tobe drilled the boring bush can be exchanged for a suitable bush. In the example illustrated vthe boring bush is inserted from above into 4the bracket Ia of the standard I. Instead 'of this,'it is, of course, also possible to insert the boring bush from below, so that the bush, on the handwheel 8 being tightened, will bepressed with its collar against'the bracket Ia. 'It is alsoof 'advantage, to provide the handwhee'l with some radial bores. Into these cores a tcmmybar can be inserted, by means of which the handwheel may be turned. This arrangement is of special advantage, when operating on a considerable number of similar pieces of work, Where, both when clamping and `releasing the work, the

handwheel has to be turned through only a few angular degrees.

What I claim is:

1. In a drilling jig of the character described, the improvement comprising: a pair of parallel bars mounted for simultaneous movement transverse to and along opposite sides of the drilling axis; a pair of horizontally disposed cross pieces vertically spaced apart so as to form therebetween a clamp for a horizontally disposed workpiece, one of said cross pieces having vertical apertures through its opposite ends and being connected to said bars; a pair of vertically disposed supports connected to the other of said cross pieces and jointly axially displaceable through the said apertures in said other cross piece, said supports being provided with axially spaced rests; and horizontally movable retaining means associated with said apertured crosspiece for engaging successive restsof the vertical supports so as to accommodate workpieces of different thickness within said clamp.

2. A drilling jig as defined in and by claim 1 wherein the rests on said vertical supports comprise axially spaced reduced portions, and wherein said apertured cross piece is provided with bores extending inwardly from the opposite ends thereof and wherein said retaining means includes a plunger disposed within each bore, resilient means normally urging said plunger outwardly with respect to the bores and each plunger having a key-hole shaped aperture therein, the smaller portion of the apertures being engageable with the reduced portion on the supports to retain the supports and thereby the other cross piece in adjusted position, inward movement of the plungers aligningthe enlarged portion of the keyhole aperture with the supports so that the same are vertically displaceable therethrough.

3. A drilling jig as defined in and by claim 2 in which a work-piece bearing member is immovably associated with said first mentioned apertured cross piece and in which a vertically adjustable clamping element is carried by said other cross piece and engag-eable with a supported work-piece to clamp theisame against said bearing member.

ADOLF SULGER.

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